I'd agree 100%. I doubt my extended family, old classmates, and colleagues want to hear about my awesome gaming exploits. It's one of the reasons for me personally that the MiiVerse is so appealing, its basically a giant Forum for WiiU gamers.

“The primary use of Twitter and Facebook is not gaming, but a means of communication. Although I don’t use either of them, if I did, I imagine I’d use it to talk about my outings and vacations to people who aren’t exactly video game enthusiasts. I don’t think my former classmates would care to hear about my new Mario Kart record and so on.”

YET Miiverse is made to supposedly work exactly for your friends and playmates as means of communication like these social media he is down playing

ugh!

Miiverse...he is selling you a product or service that he does not use and he down plays

why is this person still in charge of Nintendo? where is the logic in what he is saying?

That would be why those features are, y'know, OPTIONAL. No one is forced to use them or link the accounts, but for some they ARE a selling point and ignoring that means losing sales to the systems that DO have them.

Ya know. You could set your messages from said service to only display to certain individuals, including those on your friends list directly through Facebook... Meaning you could make one of those magical things called "Groups" just for your gaming friends if you so wished and be able to set it up so those gaming messages show only to the people that are in the gaming group.

I have this set up already. Have a charity group on my friends list. My PSN Facebook posts don't appear for them since I think they've got better things to look at when logging into Facebook.

I'm quite fixed in reality. If you seriously don't think social features (not just twitter/facebook, btw) are a selling point, you've either been living under a rock or are just purposefully being obtuse for the sake of arguing.

They've already added Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Tumblr to the browser-based version of Miiverse, chances are it's coming to the console version so I'm not actually sure what point Iwata is trying to make.

shamefully microsoft wants to be part of the gaming action and foolishly does it only for the money, like Rockstar games = easy grafiX, easy missions, typical everything = noobs will buy.

and holding the Vita in my hands makes me think sony is in it just for the money too, no comfort with Vita whatsoever, awkward to hold actually such a rushed job to compete with the rest. Then their over the top social integrations missing the point of gaming etc . . shame

rockstar games grafix look like normaL skills of labor that anyboy can make, the whoLe game is a fun typicality that never should have been awarded with perfect scores, but yes def HIGH scores, because they just do it for the money rushed jobs of labor < fact no CREATEivity with rockstar

Nintendo puts Mario's name in everything. I guess they're doing it foolishly and in it only for the money Mario brings.

And making fun of social integrations, but loving Miiverse? Isn't that hypocritical? Yeah, no one cares about the trophies or achievements I obtain, or how many kills I've gotten, but that's what Miiverse is too. Show off the things you've accomplished, and the things you've seen. Twitch and Ustream, and YouTube integration. People like watching Let's Plays and commentaries, and some just like video tutorials on how to complete a level, where the collectibles are, etc. These are just bonus features built into the consoles. Are you forced to do them? Nope, totally optional.

And the Vita awkward to hold? That thing feels magnificent. It just feels right holding it. Maybe you're just really adjusted to the 3DS, which is fine, same as people who complain about the DS3 after holding an X360 controller.

"Rockstar games = easy grafiX, easy missions, typical everything" -__- You mad/jelly, aren't you? You're just mad the Nintendo consoles never had a Rockstar game (except for Bully). And I doubt you've even played their games too. What you've mentioned also applies to most games, even your precious Nintendo games.

I'm not defending anyone but the guy has a point. 75% of my friends on FB don't play video games enough to care about high scores in games. They have families and a ton of other things going on in their life.

Miiverse is a awesome idea it's a dedicated community exclusive to share thoughts.

Kind of how they felt about network multiplayer and we can see how correct that was.

Gaming is very social, it's one of the reason the sharing issue was so huge in the MS DRM BS.

That said I don't think all family and friends care to see trophy and score information, it's the reason I don't publish trophies to facebook any more. maybe if it were easier to make a group of friends that were just into gaming and only post that stuff there, maybe that will be part of Sony's facebook integration.

I don't think he is saying that social networking in general is bad. If that was the case then they wouldn't have created Miiverse. He's more along the line that social networking sights like Facebook and Twitter aren't for gamers. Were as Miiverse is. TBH I can see a XBOX and PS version of Miiverse coming within the next few years.

Go to Facebook. Access Account Settings. From there select Apps. Find Playstation Network and select Edit. Inside you'll find Visibility of app and posts. Set this up however you wish. If you have a group set up just for your gaming friends you can select those messages to only be visible to them.

The point is, there is no grouping needed for Miiverse. Its all gamers period, thats what its made for. Gamers are but a small percentage of society bro. Fb and twitter were made for general communication and networking, they're not the optimal medium for gamer post thus not particularly necessary for a gaming console

lol you didn't get my point - by "these social stuff" I mean socially restricted social stuff (??????lol). I mean, yeah I play online games but other players don't add me as friends and I somehow post somewhere that I'm doing something anytime. The social interaction there is temporary and simple. And N4G, yeah it can be little social, but still, do you post here something like "I just ate lasagna" or whatever people post in facebook/twitter? And you add people here as friends and start chatting freely with them? Different social stuff... And I don't have a Wii U (yet :D), but anyways I don't plan to do many things in Miiverse - I will just play Wii U really. These things never interested me actually. Just me and my opinion though.

Why can't they at least give us the option? I'm part of many gaming groups of Facebook who love to see stats/trophies/achievements. Maybe he doesn't like it, but most people are social both out in public and online.

Because you can take a picture of your achievment with your phone and post it to your Facebook with a little caption "Look what I did". Is it a cool feature? Yes, but it's not something the majority of people on your facebook friend's list will care about, not does it really need to be pushed for your console

This is where a dedicated "site" like Miiverse comes in. You have millions of players all looking for gaming related stuff, everyone on Miiverse is there for video games. Instead of splitting their fanbase into Facebook/Twitter and Miiverse groups, they have everyone in a single dedicated space. If Miiverse can't accomodate certain features within it, then it must expand

act'ly the web site miiverse does allow you to share to twitter/facebook (if i remember correctly, there was a new about it).

although i agree, if you say something like "hell yeah, i beat this game! 100%!" and post it on Facebook/Twitter, i rarely see any of my friends "liking" my comment. some just "like" it out of courtesy...

people who don't know the first thing about multiplayer or online should not comment on them. I for one would never share my game stuff on twitter or facebook but to say that its not for games is showing how backwards Nintendo is when it comes to online.

I meant online not Local MP (they still suck at online MP infrastructure and features), they are great at making games to sit on the couch with friends or family and truly enjoy yourself playing. That was a mistake on my part.